Private Planes: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility

All non-US citizens begin flight training are required to
submit a fee of $150 and a complete history and photographs
before beginning flight training. All CFIs/flight schools
are required to verify citizenship for all students and may
not train a non-citizen until they are approved by the TSA.
There is an exception for already certificated pilots just
getting recurrent training, etc.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P
CFI expires Jan 2008



--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm



"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
| by " Dec 14,
2005 at 12:30
| PM
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| I also "suspect" this could have been done with MS
Flight Sim. But,
| that
| is not what really happened. Fact: The terrorists
trained at GA
| schools
|
| Yes they did. Many flight school students were/are Arabic.
The
| overwhelming majority are not terrorists. What do you
suggest might
| have prevented the attack? If you're going to suggest
tighter screening
| of foreign students, that's not up to the flight schools,
that would be
| a gov't function as it would involve the State Dept. So,
tell me how GA
| was responsible again?
|
| Good points.
|
| To clarify, I did not say GA was "responsible." I said
that GA schools
| provided the training.
|
| There is plenty of blame to go around, with most falling
on FBI
| bureacracy, and airport "security" at Logan IMO.
|
| I actually think the flight schools bear little of the
responsibility,
| even though they were roundly criticized right after the
terrorist
| *******s committed their cowardly attacks.
|
| I'm fairly certain that new security requirements have
been established
| for foreign-born trainees.
|
| I'm not buying the McVeigh/Ryder truck analogy. I'm
pretty sure that
| people purchasing large quantities of nitrogen based
products such as
| fertilizer face some type of restrictions or scrutiny
today, but I'm not
| sure.
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